Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-11
000120203
Contested design: 009191927-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009191927-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Reto Mb Pro Sp. z.o.o. Sp.k.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Parkowa 2, 64330 Sielinko Poland
Represented by
Maciej Marian Priebe
Holder · RCD owner
Martomvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Piaskowa 10, 66-008 Świdnica Poland
Represented by
Anna Giercarz
Prior art cited (1)
solar wall light / outdoor garden lamp
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN No B08 XMX 3TVH · Amazon UK · disclosed 2021-02-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier solar lamp designs disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicants’ disclosure evidence or design comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior public disclosure from 26 February 2021 and found broad designer freedom for solar lights.
- ›Because the compared lamps created the same overall impression on the informed user, the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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